FCC just tripled the number of US households without broadband

BunnyJ · 31 Jan 2015

caperjack said:

we don't even have the option of putting up an antenna and getting basic analog ,[non digital tv .]that's was around free for Ever ,our government only forced the company to still broadcast it to larger metro areas ,of which i'm over 400kl away from

Erin uses an antenna for TV but I'm getting her cable turned back on in March. She misses Bravo.

strollin · 31 Jan 2015

You guys have some cheap services. I pay $138/month for 4M up/down no data cap internet. Pay $161/month for DISH satellite with 2 DVRs and 4 HD TVs (Premium channels included). Don't have a landline phone but pay $230/month for our family cell phone package.

BunnyJ · 31 Jan 2015

strollin said:

You guys have some cheap services. I pay $138/month for 4M up/down no data cap internet. Pay $161/month for DISH satellite with 2 DVRs and 4 HD TVs (Premium channels included). Don't have a landline phone but pay $230/month for our family cell phone package.

I have a cell phone as well, it runs about 50 a month. Consumer Cellular and I'm happy with the service.

caperjack · 31 Jan 2015

we have 2 cell phones with no data on either one ,1 is pay as you go talk with unlimited text ,one with 100min a month + unlimited text .about 60$cdn /month total for both

BunnyJ · 31 Jan 2015

caperjack said:

we have 2 cell phones with no data on either one ,1 is pay as you go talk with unlimited text ,one with 100min a month + unlimited text .about 60$cdn /month total for both

I have 600 Minutes talk, 5,000 texts and about 1Gb data.

strollin · 31 Jan 2015

BunnyJ said:

I have 600 Minutes talk, 5,000 texts and about 1Gb data.

I have 1400 minutes (shared between 4 phones) talk, unlimited texts and unlimited data.

We have pretty much unlimited talk too because we would never come near that 1400 minute ceiling. If we call each other (or another Verizon customer) those minutes don't count (Mobile to Mobile they call it). For those numbers we call that aren't Verizon customers, we can have up to 10 numbers listed (Friends & Family) and those minutes aren't counted. In addition, if we call during off peak those minutes aren't counted either. What it boils down to is that very few of the minutes we use during a month are actually subtracted from that 1400 minute number.

Had to get unlimited texts because one of my daughters regularly hit 8,000 texts per month. Unlimited data is nice for when I travel as I can watch Netflix video or listen to Pandora radio and not worry about a data cap.

Need lots of talk minutes because I work from home and use my phone to call into meetings and take classes and such. I probably average at least 120 minutes a week from that alone.

caperjack · 31 Jan 2015

BunnyJ said:

caperjack said:

we have 2 cell phones with no data on either one ,1 is pay as you go talk with unlimited text ,one with 100min a month + unlimited text .about 60$cdn /month total for both

I have 600 Minutes talk, 5,000 texts and about 1Gb data.

that would cost maybe 70$cdn for one phone here, I have no need for a data package nor does my wife,[on LTD] she's home all day [when she's not next door looking after her 87year old mother ] ,I only work about 4hrs a day ,so iam home the [or somewhere I done need data]rest of the time

Mc Ruff · 31 Jan 2015

strollin said:

You guys have some cheap services. I pay $138/month for 4M up/down no data cap internet.

My wireless service is giving me 13mb up and down with no data cap for US $60.

I use a $20 a month internet phone service which gives me 2 local phone numbers and 4000 local minutes and 1000 minutes toll call pretty much any where in the world. I am saving about $50 a month by ditching the land line.

Lady Fitzgerald · 31 Jan 2015

jimbo45 said:

...In general most Govts would be hard pushed to it to organise a booze-up in a beer brewery...

That totally cracked me up, mostly because it is so true!

Emma · 31 Jan 2015

I cancelled my cable TV because I only watched one or two shows and I also cancelled my land line. I saved over $100 a month, started buying movies. I have around 400 now. I like to watch them more than once so want to own them instead of streaming. Later I got a land line back and lucked out with a promotion of $9 a month for two years with the cable company's best. I have a T Mobile To Go which cost me an average of $8. a month. I renew once a year for $100 with roll over on my minutes.